Inky ClipsCursive Script font
Cursive Script is a single-line version of a formal copperplate hand. The capitals are tall and flourished, the lowercase leans hard to the right, and many letters start with a hairline lead-in, so words look like they were written in one confident movement.
- Type
- Single-line (stroke) font
- Style
- Handwriting
- Characters
- 97 in the file
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
- Download
- CursiveScript.svg
About Cursive Script
What it looks like
It is the most ornate of the handwriting fonts here and suits invitations, wedding and event videos, and anything that should feel personal rather than typed.
On video
Write a couple's names over a first-dance clip, a place name over a drone shot, or a thank-you at the end of a reel. Keep it to a few words per line; the flourishes need room.
For plotters, engraving and cutting machines
The long, flowing strokes plot smoothly and make good use of a felt or gel pen for wedding place cards and envelopes. The file carries German umlauts and ß but no other accented letters, so check the language section below before engraving names.
Every character in Cursive Script
Each letter below is drawn from the single pen line stored in CursiveScript.svg, exactly as a plotter would draw it.
Capitals (26)
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
Lowercase (26)
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
Numbers (10)
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Punctuation and symbols (28)
- !
- "
- #
- $
- %
- &
- '
- (
- )
- *
- +
- ,
- -
- .
- /
- :
- ;
- <
- =
- >
- ?
- @
- [
- \
- ]
- ^
- _
- `
Accented letters in the font (7)
- Ä
- Ö
- Ü
- ß
- ä
- ö
- ü
Letters Inky Clips adds (67)
Not in the font file. Inky Clips draws these on video from the font’s own letters: adding the accent or bar, dropping the dot for ı, or writing ß as “ss”.
- Æ
- Ç
- Ó
- Ø
- æ
- ç
- ó
- ø
- Ā
- ā
- Ą
- ą
- Ć
- ć
- Č
- č
- Đ
- đ
- Ē
- ē
- Ė
- ė
- Ę
- ę
- Ğ
- ğ
- Ģ
- ģ
- Ħ
- ħ
- Ī
- ī
- Į
- į
- İ
- ı
- Ķ
- ķ
- Ļ
- ļ
- Ł
- ł
- Ń
- ń
- Ņ
- ņ
- Œ
- œ
- Ś
- ś
- Ş
- ş
- Š
- š
- Ū
- ū
- Ų
- ų
- Ź
- ź
- Ż
- ż
- Ž
- ž
- Ə
- ə
- ẞ
Write with Cursive Script
Type your own words and watch them write themselves over a clip. Switch fonts and ink colours to compare.
The clip shows “Anna & Jonas” written in Cursive.
Ink: White
Letters for other languages
- Latvian: the font file doesn't include ā č ē ģ ī ķ ļ ņ š ū ž Ā Č Ē Ģ Ī Ķ Ļ Ņ Š Ū Ž, but Inky Clips draws all of them on video from the font’s own letters.
- Lithuanian: the font file doesn't include ą č ę ė į š ų ū ž Ą Č Ę Ė Į Š Ų Ū Ž, but Inky Clips draws all of them on video from the font’s own letters.
- Polish: the font file doesn't include ą ć ę ł ń ó ś ź ż Ą Ć Ę Ł Ń Ó Ś Ź Ż, but Inky Clips draws all of them on video from the font’s own letters.
- Turkish: the font file doesn't include ç ğ ı İ ş Ç Ğ Ş, but Inky Clips draws all of them on video from the font’s own letters.
- German: all its letters are in the font file.
If you plot or engrave with the downloaded file, only the letters in the file are available.
Where it comes from
Cursive Script is “Custom-Script” from the inkscapestrokefont project on GitHub, a single-line font traced from Pinyon Script by Nicole Fally. Turning a copperplate outline into one centre line is what lets a pen, a plotter or Inky Clips write it in one movement per stroke.
Licence and download
Cursive Script is free under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Free to use, embed and share, including in commercial videos, products and plotted or engraved work. You can't sell the font file on its own, and changed versions have to stay under the same licence.
“Custom-Script” from github.com/Shriinivas/inkscapestrokefont, derived from Pinyon Script. Licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
An SVG font. Load it in Inkscape's Hershey Text extension (Extensions › Text › Hershey Text) to set text as single pen lines for a plotter, laser or engraver.
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